#STALKER 2 will get bombastic new gunplay and fight trailer

Whereas it might appear reasonably quaint and simplistic in comparison with trendy hardcore tactical shooters like Escape From Tarkov, it’s a matter of indisputable fact that STALKER went above and past with its weapons again within the day. That pattern is primed to proceed, too, if STALKER 2‘s new fight gameplay trailer is any indication.

In actual fact, GSC Sport World has now taken STALKER‘s dealing with of weapons to its logical excessive: rails, M-LOKs, and all the opposite customization goodness now rule supreme. As Smoking Barrels aptly exhibits, you may safely anticipate STALKER 2 to cater to the overwhelming majority of your gunplay wants. Want to change a weapon’s caliber to accommodate much less unique ammunition? For positive. Wish to slap a snazzy underbarrel shotgun to a high-grade sniper rifle? Why not! The Zone’s your oyster, from the look of issues.

STALKER 2: Smoking Barrel gameplay trailer exhibits us how weapons and attachments work

Within the broadest doable sense, we now have a reasonably strong concept of how STALKER 2‘s weapons will operate:

• Low-grade modifications could be accomplished on the fly (e.g., attaching an optics system or an aiming module).
• Complicated modifications are accomplished at a technician’s desk.
• There’s a non-insignificant quantity of complexity associated to the physics of firing a gun, because it was within the outdated STALKER video games.
• Weapons degrade and jam, relying on their state.

Most of these items, granted, we did see coming. It’s nonetheless good to see them current and accounted for. In actual fact, STALKER 2 is seemingly taking issues additional within the course of the extra hardcore GAMMA and Anomaly mods relating to gunplay. Traditional, baseline STALKER titles solely ever featured a single sort of optics per weapon sort (SUSATs for NATO arms, PVS-14 for Warsaw pact weapons), a common silencer, and two thematically acceptable underbarrel launchers. Coronary heart of Chornobyl has already proven off a bevy of unique attachments, alternatively, and appears to have modernized the upgrading programs throughout the board.

In a Reddit thread discussing the featured Smoking Barrel trailer, GSC builders have additionally shared some info on how STALKER 2‘s HUD will work. In keeping with the neighborhood supervisor, the HUD could be absolutely custom-made relying in your desire, going as far as to solely have an ammo counter and a well being/stamina show proven at any given time. Because the outdated STALKER video games of yore had an era-appropriate crusty UI occurring, this, too, is good news.

I wish to complain a tad concerning the AI proven off on this trailer, nonetheless. Within the trailer, not one of the enemies seem to pose a critical menace and seemingly stroll straight into Skif’s firing strains willy-nilly. Since we all know that A-Life performs a giant half in STALKER 2, I consider that is simply trailer-tier AI being what it’s for demonstration functions. The neighborhood supervisor, in fact, claims that is the case, in order that’s good.

With STALKER 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl”s November 20 launch date drawing ever nearer, it genuinely looks like we’ve lastly entered GSC’s last advertising push. It’s value remembering that STALKER 2 suffered a complete slew of assorted pushbacks through the years, so it shouldn’t be unusual if the neighborhood remains to be unsure whether or not it’s lastly popping out. I personally am nonetheless a tad cynical, however I can’t assist however really feel just like the hype is lastly on level. Let’s see how this pans out.